Aviation history comes to Port Clinton

Visitors learn about Tuskegee Airmen, WWII

12:37 PM,
May 19, 2014

A restored WWII-era P-51C Red Tail Mustang fighter plane that the famed Tuskegee 'Red Tail' Airmen flew during their historical missions is on display at the Liberty Aviation Museum through Saturday evening as a part of the 'Rise Above' traveling educational exhibit.

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Though the weather was brisk and a little overcast Friday afternoon, it didn't stop Tom and Jackie Dembek from Sheffield Village and Jackie's father, Frank Schwarz, from watching an important piece of American history fly the skies above Erie-Ottawa International Airport.

"When you see it flying, its amazing," said Schwarz, of Vermillion. "It's just this small plane, but it means so much."

The plane Schwarz, the Dembeks and a dozen other people were watching was a restored P-51C red-tailed Mustang fighter bomber used by the Tuskegee Airmen in their missions. It is a part of the "Rise Above" ...